Cardinal Francisco
Javier Errázuriz Ossa, of the Schönstatt Fathers, Archbishop
emeritus of
Santiago, Chile, was born on 5 September 1933 in Santiago. He was
ordained for the Schönstatt Fathers on 16 July 1961 and holds a
licentiate in theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

He was a chaplain to students and
professionals of the Schönstatt Movement and served as Regional
Superior in Chile. In 1971 he was called to Germany as a member of his
community's General Council and in 1974 was elected Superior General.

On 22 December 1990 he was appointed titular
Archbishop of Hólar and Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes
of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, receiving
episcopal ordination on 6 January 1991.

On 24 September 1996 he was
named Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso and was transferred to the
Archdiocese of Santiago on 24 April 1998.

He was President of the Episcopal Conference
of Chile until 25 November 2004.

On 16 May 2003 and until 10 July 2007, he was
President of the Latin American Episcopal
Council (CELAM), .

President of the Fifth General Conference of
the Latin American and Caribbean Bishops (Aparecida, Brazil, 13 - 31 May 2007).

Archbishop emeritus of
Santiago, Chile, 15 December 2010.

On 13 April 2013 he was made a member of the
group of cardinals established to advise Pope Francis in the
government of the universal Church and to study a plan for revising
the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia,‘Pastor Bonus’.

Created and proclaimed Cardinal by the Bl.
John
Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001, of the Title of S.
Maria della Pace (Our Lady
of Peace).